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Project Name: |
Volkswagen Medium Voltage
Switchgear Project |
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Background
Information:
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Owner: Volkswagen Group of America
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Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Contract Value: Over $2 million
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Description:
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- Installation of two 15,000 volt switchgear lines,
consisting of 50 medium voltage breakers, to feed the
new Volkswagen plant complex in Chattanooga, TN
- Installation of remote Control Panels to operate
each 15kV breaker which protects personnel from any and
all arc flash issues.
- Installation of multi-conductor cables between the
switchgear breakers and the control panels to integrate
the control systems for remote function.
- Checkout and commissioning of the entire controls
system for this installation to ensure reliable
functionality upon energizing the 15kV switchgear to
feed multiple plant buildings.
- All offloading, rigging and setting in place of the
equipment was performed with multiple other crafts
working in the same areas as we all pushed to complete
the project on time.
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Challenges:
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- Design challenges were plentiful as
we worked closely with the Owner, engineering firm and
manufacturer to ensure that the finished product was
exactly what the Owner needed in this "first of its
kind" automobile manufacturing plant in the US.
- The Owner wanted the equipment
operational in a very short time frame to enable the
testing of equipment in multiple buildings in the
complex. We were able to beat the scheduled date by
several days even though changes were taking place up to
the end of the project.
- Portions of the job had to be
scheduled meticulously for outages that had to take
place since the Owner wanted to "go live" prior to some
of the changes being incorporated into the project.
- Working closely with the Owner to
ensure that nothing was lost in translation between what
they wanted in Germany and what we produced in the US.
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Summary:
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This was a successful job for White Electrical as we
completed each phase of the work on time or early and
enabled the Owner to utilize his 15kV switchgear system for
operation of the facility. |
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